Mage: The Hero Denied

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>Way back when I was just an artistic puppy, I originally had some ideas about doing a story on the return of King Arthur…and then DC Comics announced they were going to do CAMELOT 3000. Oh well, screw that, I thought. Because, y’know, that Brian Bolland fella draws just a wee bit better than I do! But then the series came out and, while well-crafted and beautiful to look at…it just didn’t speak to me. It didn’t reflect my world. I didn’t know anyone in contemporary times who wore shiny, colorful armor and wielded swords. The crew I ran with were all young and a bit cynical, roaming the city in t-shirts and jeans, defiantly eager for anything life had to throw at us. And a few of us always had a handy baseball bat stashed under the front car seat…just in case. So I found that the most resonant way I could approach these mythic motifs was to personalize them. I had to tell the story of my own Hero’s Journey as filtered through my own experiences. And that ideal certainly continues in THE HERO DENIED.

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/03/02/bleeding-cool-talks-matt-wagner-mage-hero-denied-final-chapter-announced-image-comics-eccc-2017/